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Re:Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S... by nickik on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:20AM (#17294095)
What this ignores is that the price for the end consumer is not directly related to the price of solar panel.

The combined cost of solar, batteries and grid changes, more advanced handling and software actually don't result in cheaper energy prices.

Compare California to places where they use gas.

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Re:Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S... by tim333 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:16AM (#17302026)
Yeah that's kind of why we need another 50% or so to really be cheaper after you allow for the problems with peaker plants, upgrading the grid and so on.
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